How To Recover A Low Pitch Roof

If you don t place the drip edge properly.

How to recover a low pitch roof.

Roof reinforcement due to the challenges that low pitch roof systems face low pitch roof design should have necessary reinforcement. When the beams span perpendicular to the new roof slope a base shoe is still used dependent on the spacing of the beams in relation to the retrofit purlin s span capacity. For structural concrete roofs on existing buildings the post and purlin system uses base shoes and posts that are installed centered over the existing concrete beams. For a roof recover that is keeping the low slope structure a roofer may add tapered insulation and then a new roof covering of epdm or other roofing material.

Visiting my sister marlene in thunder bay this summer 2012 there was as usual a project like every other time. For commercial buildings one of the other popular low pitch roof options is coated metal. This coating helps reduce the instances of rust increasing the life span of the roof. Although surprisingly there was only one leak in the old roof.

A roof that is nearly level or slightly pitched is called a low slope roof. No roofshould be dead level flat. Problems inlow slope roofs are common and more difficult to diagnose than pitched roof problemsbecause the path of water leakage through flat roofs is often quite hard to trace. Reshingling a low slope roof and a few things not to do this article covers reshingling a low sloped roof and a few things you should avoid when shingling such a roof.

The reinforcement adds strength makes the roof system more resistant and increases the dimensional stability of the membranes. Extend the front edge of the drip edge so it runs off the roof and into the guttering. But in some climates such as areas of deep snow cover the property owner may prefer to convert to a more steeply sloped roof structure a procedure we describe at low slope roof conversion 3 4 5. Hence this is one of the basic components of this kind of roof.

Attach drip edge along the edge of the roof with roofing cement.